Chapter 288: You have blood, I have technology!
Wuhou Dojo.
The arena for the battle between spirit masters.
"Now I announce the top four: Zhuge Chen, Song Qiuying, Jing Si, and Tang Qi."
Yi Yu loudly announced the list of the top four, and then returned to the referee's seat. President Qin looked unhappy and kept nagging at Luo Xiang beside him.
"Luo Xiang, are you sure you have contacted Bai Qi? Why hasn't this bastard come yet?"
Luo Xiang shrugged and said, "I left him a message. He should be able to see it. After all, this guy spends all day in the secret realm. It's useless for me to look for him."
"Leave a message? After all this fuss, you haven't been able to contact Bai Qi?"
President Qin covered his face and sighed. It was true that none of them were reliable. According to Bai Qi's habits, not to mention that he couldn't receive messages in the secret realm, he might not be able to see the messages on time even if he was not in it.
"President Qin, don't worry. Bai Qi will definitely arrive at the time of the decisive battle."
Yi Yu smiled and consoled him, "If it doesn't work, I have prepared Bai Qi's holographic projection, which should be able to fool you."
President Qin: “…”
No wonder this guy is so calm, it turns out he even has the holographic projection ready?
By the way, how many times have you done this kind of thing? Do you have to be so professional?
"The first round of the semi-finals, Zhuge Chen vs. Jing Si, the game begins!"
Just as President Qin was complaining, the first game of the semi-finals officially began, and the attention of several people was drawn to it.
As the future helmsman of the Wuhou Group, Zhuge Chen's participation in the competition naturally attracted a lot of attention. As Zhuge Chen made it to the semi-finals, the attention became more and more.
Of course, we are not suspecting that there is any shady dealings in the competition. The competition is under dual supervision by the federal government and the association. If the Wuhou Consortium is involved in shady dealings, it would be destroying its own Great Wall.
Their attention was almost all focused on Garuru's weapons.
"Do you know what that metal shell is?"
"Why, do you have inside information?"
"Of course, no, I just wanted to ask if you know where you got that shell. It looks so cool. I'll get one for my Frostwolf later."
"Tsk, I thought you knew something. This armor is indeed very cool, but it's so heavy. It should affect the combat, right?"
"Do you think he's been affected ? I think it might be some kind of armor that increases his defense."
"23333, your armor has decorative wings on it. I guess this is the Wuhou Consortium's own pet makeup team, here to advertise."
"That makes sense. Official advertisements are the most deadly."
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People around were talking about it, but Zhuge Chen was in no mood to manage his finances. Instead, he was concentrating on staring at the opponent in front of him.
In order to ensure that he could make it to the finals, Zhuge Chen had been training extra hard with Garuru these days. Even without activating the bonus of the Ice Armor, he still made it to the semi-finals with ease.
But the next battle was not so easy to win.
The parents of Song Qiuying and Jing Si are both beastmasters without exception, but they have not been able to awaken their talent as beastmasters. However, they have been influenced by their parents since childhood, and are much better than ordinary people in both training and fighting pets.
After the Spirit Control Ball was opened, the parents of these two people found them powerful pets within their control, and they easily made it to the semi-finals.
In this regard, although some civilian beastmasters were dissatisfied, they had no choice but to accept the defeat.
The Spirit Master Competition did not restrict the double levels of the contestants' pets, and most of the contestants did not use the three pets distributed by the association, and almost all of them brought brand new pets.
After all, mid-level servant-level creatures can only be raised as pets, and are still a little lacking in ability to fight.
As for Tang Qi, he was just lucky. When he was collecting the three great beasts issued by the association, he unexpectedly got a mutant Fire Claw Bird, whose strength was no worse than that of the others.
The creature contracted by Jing Si, who is now facing Zhuge Chen, is a high-level elite gold-eating ant.
【Name】：Gold-eating ant
[Attributes]: Gold, Bug
[Bloodline Level]: High Elite
[Introduction]: This insect-type creature has an extremely powerful body because it eats metal ores all year round. Each of its attacks can split gold and stone.
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Jing Si's parents were both fifth-rank insect-type beastmasters. This gold-eating ant was the cub of their pet, and was very familiar with Jing Si. So after being contracted by the Spirit Taming Ball, it had almost no resistance to Jing Si's orders.
It is for this reason that Jingsi has become one of the favorites to win the Spirit Master title.
"You won't attack first? Then I will."
Seeing that Zhuge Chen seemed to have no intention of launching an attack, Jing Si was too lazy to wait any longer and immediately commanded the gold-eating ants to attack Garuru.
Because they had swallowed a large amount of metal ore, the gold-eating ants made bursts of metal clashing sounds when they ran, as if the one charging towards Garuru was not an ant, but a mechanical beast.
"Garuru, dodge."
Looking at the gold-eating ant rushing towards Garuru at high speed, Zhuge Chen immediately gave orders to Garuru, but the speed of the gold-eating ant suddenly increased, and it came in front of Garuru in an instant, swinging its giant pincers shining with metallic luster and smashing towards Garuru.
Considering the level and physical strength of the gold-eating ant, if it were to be hit hard, it would definitely cause considerable damage to Garuru.
Then, just when the giant pincers were about to hit Garuru, Garuru's speed increased suddenly, and he avoided the attack in time. At the same time, he turned sideways and grabbed the gold-eating ant with his claws. Surprisingly, he was the first to arrive and hit the gold-eating ant first.
bite!
But after a crisp sound, the gold-eating ant was not hurt at all, and took the opportunity to come forward and try to fight with Garuru.
The gold-eating ant is a purely physical pet and will naturally not give up its advantages.
But Zhuge Chen was obviously aware of this and ordered Garuru to evacuate quickly. Garuru was also very decisive and suddenly jumped back, gliding quickly to a distance like a glider.
“It’s really not a decoration.”
Seeing Garuru's actions, Jingsi was not surprised at all. The gold-eating ant quickly caught up and actually predicted Garuru's movements in advance and wanted to launch a sneak attack.
But with the bonus of ice armament, Garuru's speed was obviously a little faster. He easily avoided it and then launched a counterattack.
It's a pity that the gold-eating ant's combat experience was obviously much stronger than Garuru's. It deliberately exposed a flaw to attract Garuru to come forward, then it clamped Garuru's legs with its pincers, opened its big mouth and bit towards the ice armor .
Now that the purpose of the armor has been determined, Jingsi will naturally not keep it anymore, and devouring metal is too easy for the gold-eating ants.
But Garuru is an elite after all. When he saw his body being controlled, he immediately opened his mouth and shot an ice arrow at the gold-eating ant.
Feeling the coldness contained in the ice arrow, the gold-eating ant hesitated for a moment and finally chose to give up the victory in hand, and did not choose to fight to the death with Garuru.
After all, even if it bit through, it would only destroy Garuru's external armor, while he would have to withstand an ice attack. Even if he would not necessarily be injured, his movements would definitely be affected.
However, the gold-eating ant was not stupid enough to engage in a long-range battle with Garuru. After avoiding Garuru's ice arrow, the gold-eating ant came behind Garuru. A dazzling light flashed on its pincers, and it was obviously activating a skill.
"Garuru, use the freezing air!"
Seeing this, Zhuge Chen no longer held back and signaled Garuru to take action. The energy that Garuru had originally condensed into ice arrows was immediately absorbed by the ice armor on his body, turning into a stream of freezing air that pushed Garuru into the air, widening the distance between him and the gold-eating ants.
At the same time, two missiles condensed by ice were formed under Garuru's mechanical wings. After locking onto the target, they headed straight for the gold-eating ants.
The poor gold-eating ant had not yet recovered from the cold air when he saw two ice missiles appear in front of him.
Then, an ice sculpture of a gold-eating ant appeared on the field.
"I declare that Zhuge Chen wins the first match of the semi-finals!"
Seeing that the gold-eating ants had completely lost their ability to fight, Yi Yu came out and announced the result of the game. Jing Si obviously did not expect that he would lose so easily, and it took him a long time to react.
"What kind of armor is that?"
Zhuge Chen shrugged and said, "Sorry, I can't tell you for now."
Although his superiors allowed him to participate in the competition with ice armor and even encouraged him to do so, Zhuge Chen still wanted to see Garuru's own combat power. If he was really no match for the gold-eating ants, he might not have activated it.
"For now? Then I'll wait."
Jing Si nodded and then returned to his seat. Jing Si's parents, who were also a little surprised, immediately surrounded him and began to comfort their son.
They finally got the chance to command their pets to fight, and were full of confidence in winning the championship, but in the end they lost. They were very worried that their son would have some psychological trauma.
On the other hand, the style of painting is completely different.
"Hahahaha... You are worthy of being my good son. Beautiful fight!"
Zhuge Xu gave Zhuge Chen a thumbs up in satisfaction , but Zhuge Chen shook his head helplessly and said, "If it weren't for the ice armor Bai Qi gave me, I would have lost by now..."
"Who cares? As long as we can win, it's fine. Besides, this isn't some dishonorable trick. Not everyone can make a contract with a gold-eating ant."
Zhuge Xu waved his hand nonchalantly, then his face straightened and he said, "But son, you still have to pay attention to your opponents in the decisive battle. These two are not easy to deal with."
Zhuge Chen nodded and was about to watch the next battle, but suddenly he saw a pet beast with a charred body flying backwards from the arena.
"Is this, already over?"
Zhuge Chen looked at the humanoid firebird on the ring in a daze. He obviously didn't expect that the winner would be Tang Qi.
Are the mutants so powerful? Ignoring the gap between the two levels, he suddenly understood why Bai Qi could remain invincible.
Suddenly I feel that it’s not too much for Garuru to wear an ice armor.
You have the bloodline and I have the technology, eh, that's fair!
